The Growth of Bournemouth and Poole

- Poole was granted its first charter, gaining the right to appoint a mayor and hold its own court.

- Population of Poole 9,276.

- No houses existed within 3 miles of the mouth of the River Bourne. The area is described as a

"... most dreary waste,  serving only in the summer to support a few ordinary sheep and cattle, and to supply the neighbouring villages with firing."

- Sir George Tapps-Gervis began creating a seaside resort. He built the Bath Hotel in 1838.

- Saw the building of St. Peter's church. It was consecrated in 1845.

- Bournemouth was a small village with a population of only 695, increasing to 1,707 within the

  next 10 years.

- Working-class housing was kept away from the centre, being built in Winton and Springbourne.

- The Bournemouth Improvement Act was given Royal Assent.

- The railway came to Bournemouth.

- The population of Bournemouth had grown to around 6,500.

- Poole railway station opened.

- The population of Bournemouth had risen to around 17,000.          

- The Royal Victoria hospital opened.

- Bournemouth was granted the status of a Borough by Queen Victoria.

- The population of Bournemouth was 37,781, while Poole had a population of 15,438.

- The population of Bournemouth was 47,003.

- The population of Bournemouth was 78,674, the population of Poole was 38,885.

- The population of Bournemouth was 91,761.

- The population of Bournemouth was 116,803.

- The population of Bournemouth was 114,451.

- The population of Bournemouth was 144,845.

- The population of Bournemouth was 154,296.

- The population of Bournemouth was 153,861, Poole had a population of 107,178.

- The University of Bournemouth was founded, having previously been a polytechnic.